The NCAA's passive-aggressive stance towards the State of South Carolina and its stars-and-bars state flag is a well-documented and tiresome story. This weekend, I delved a bit deeper into the issue and found that, as usual, the NCAA's enforcement mechanisms are misguided and mistargeted.
Instead of focusing on a minor kerfuffle like a state flag that bespeaks the casual racism of a region, the NCAA should be spending its legal fees on a far more egregious and outrageous offense. To wit, the picture below details an actual restaurant in Cherry Grove, SC - hard by the Atlantic Ocean and just thisfar from 1964:
Heritage, not hate, people. That's the line, right?
60 item breakfast buffet?
ReplyDeleteAddress please.
Do they make the grits from scratch or are they instant grits?
ReplyDeleteYou're trying to tell me some of these Nats were on the juice and they still suck this much?
ReplyDeleteGreat burgers and sandwiches?
ReplyDeleteTar before baby = offensive. Tar before heel = inspiring. Got it.
ReplyDeleteWe are not very far off from a world where I can filter in and out the news I want to hear on my respective magic boxes (computer/tv), and when that day comes, I will be filtering out all steroids stories. I don't care.
Once you've developed said product, can you send me the version with the Mike Vick filter?
ReplyDeleteYep. I'd like to hear more about Mike Vick once he is returning to the playing field. Until then, pass.
ReplyDeleteand the Brett Favre filter.
ReplyDeleteGeoff, looks like you better get the boys in R&D working doubletime.
ReplyDeleteOk, so we don't want to hear about Favre, Vick and steroids. Agreed. So, since that constitutes everything ESPN covers outside of highlights, its begs the questions "Then what should they cover?" How about focusing in greater depth on "on the field" occurrences? Oh, right, here's where ESPN tells me that no one wants to hear about that stuff.
ReplyDeleteWhile we're bitching about TWWL, this headline from their front page is fun:
ReplyDeleteTests show Nowitzki woman pregnantAh yes, the Nowitzki woman...who we found was formerly the Tony Banks woman.
As a baseball fan, I luckily can lean on the MLB Network now for actual highlights and analysis, and avoid the humongous clusterfuck that is the Baseball Tonight crew (especially when Winfield or Vina are involved).
ReplyDeleteESPN is to sports as MTV is to music videos.
ReplyDeleteSo much to comment on:
ReplyDelete- Tar Baby's? Really? Even Clayton Bixby is offended by that.
- And I too want to hear nothing about Favre, Vick or steroids (unless its an NBA HGH scandal...that would be fun, for a whiel at least)but will gladly watch and entire E:60 or "Outside The Lines" dedicated to the entire crazy Nowtizki girlfriend/fiancee story.
- Champions League Final is one this afternoon and I have a work event to attend. So...who's live blogging this thing? I mean, it was such a damn hit last year...
I see Golf Packages welcome...that is a bit over the top. Even in the south.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand how any value is obtained from baseball highlights (let alone the games) aside from finding out who won. All of the highlights blend together: Strike out, throw out, double play, HR, HR, manager thrown out by the ump, strike out, semi-difficult catch in the outfield, HR.
ReplyDeleteWith the Nowitzki story in the headlines, I thought it would be appropriate to revist this list:
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Mayhugh, how is that different from any sport? Why have highlight recaps for any sport? Just provide a list of who won and we can get on with our lives already!
ReplyDeleteWhat Whitney forgets is that baseball is boring and dumb. I believe that is Mayhugh's point.
ReplyDeleteEverybody's complaining about something.
ReplyDeleteHere's a mildly interesting stat:
ReplyDeleteThe Redskins are so average, in fact, that they are distinctively mediocre. Since 1995 every NFL team has either lost 12 or more games in a season or has won 12 or more at least once. Every team, that is, with the exception of the Redskins.
You won't find me saying that people who don't like baseball are stupid. I just think their IQ rating is significantly lower.
ReplyDeleteI also generally subscribe to the thinking that people with opinions contrary to mine are dumb.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, gents. Your banter has succesfully amused me during my first duece-drop at the new job. My poop, like the discussion, was lively, yet inconsistent. And fudgy.
ReplyDeleteWe've discussed a lot of condiment choices here. The Washington Post has a condiment article up today here.
ReplyDeleteComplaining is the new complacency.
ReplyDeleteSo...nobody's live blogging the Champions League Final? We need to get Greg working for us, stat.
ReplyDeleteRezvan live blogging his bowel movements wasn't good enough for you Mark?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I like this "mayhugh" character. He hates Kobe, thinks baseball is boring and he's got a great name.
ReplyDeleteA nice appetizer sure, but no not enough.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'll live blog it. There have been a bunch of backward passes and people falling down feigning injuries. A guy with an accent is commentating along with another guy with a stronger accent. No one is scoring.
ReplyDeleteGame hasn't started yet, Geoff. Good work though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pulling back the veil there professor. I had everyone going until you blew it.
ReplyDelete"hard by the Atlantic Ocean" sounds like a fratty beach week story, not a description of some racist bumpkin waffle house.
ReplyDeleteNo, no you didn't.
ReplyDeleteSoccer sucks.
ReplyDeleteIf I recall, even you got into last year's game teej.
ReplyDeleteThat I did...anything to pass the time at work.
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ReplyDeleteReferring to soccer players as gladiators is probably a bit much, no?
ReplyDeleteMark, that says "LITE MENU," not "little menu." Score 1 for the Florida educational system.
ReplyDeleteWhitney -- I have no idea what you're talking about...
ReplyDeletei just arrived in scenic cape may, new jersey. i'll liveblog, you effers.
ReplyDelete1-0 barca 13 minutes in. i missed the goal, so look it up.
42 comments on a midweek post. you guys must really love pancakes.
and geoff's conflation of tar heel and tar baby is a cry for help.
pique gets a yellow for a flagrant takedown of ronaldo. even that divey bitch couldn't oversell it.
ReplyDeletegiggs hits the resulting freebie over the top by just a bit.
ReplyDeletemessi ripped one just high in the run of play, then ronaldo missed low and wide a minute later. end to end action early.
ReplyDeletethe barca goal was from eto'o in the 10th minute.
Rob...I'm sure its alluring to someone of your stature, but get off the high horse.
ReplyDeleteMark, we need to give you a higher level of privilege so you can revise history cleanly. It's fun. You can see why Holocaust deniers get such kicks.
ReplyDeletetouched a nerve, i see. i'll be more sensitive in the future.
ReplyDeleteand xavi nearly touched the post with a free kick in the 27th minute.
Yes, I'm all hot and bothered...but you're a tough little monkey and you'll live to fight another day.
ReplyDeleteBack to the soccer. Did Muccie pass it to Prego? Did Arriago or Arriago 2 put one in the mixer? Pray tell...whats happening...
ReplyDeletesome finger-wagging, a bit of mouthiness, a missed opportunity. a lot like pi lam on a saturday night at the moment.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Is Geoff comprised more of gayness or xenophobia?
ReplyDeleteSoccer sucks.
ReplyDeleteTJ blows.
ReplyDeleteYour point?
ReplyDeletesick run by messi, squeezing through a space more closed than teejay's mind to test van der saar on a cross.
ReplyDeletebarca lead 1-0 at the break and have had most of the play in the first half.
ReplyDeleteI like everyone: geeks, sportos, motorheads, dweebs, dorks, sluts, buttheads...they're all righteous people.
ReplyDeleteMessi's run was great. Too bad nobody came with him. And, honestly, does anybody believe that John Kruk can do even a single one-handed pull up? Could he...ever?
ReplyDeletevan der sar robs thierry henry at point blank range. that may cost the 'spaniards'.
ReplyDeletemessi dragged down in the area as he slid to finish a nifty eto'o cross? no call.
ReplyDeleteman u look lost this half. barca's gonna get one soon.
ReplyDeletexavi off the post on a free kick from 19m. whoa. man u on the ropes.
ReplyDeletein case you were wondering, wayne rooney still looks like he'd be more comfortable wearing doc martens and stomping immigrants.
ReplyDeletecross from the right just eludes park's leaping attempt. insert short joke.
ReplyDeleteAWL. Rob got me there.
ReplyDeleteNot with the short joke but the Wayne Rooney joke...
ReplyDeletenice little breakout for man u, but rooney can't elevate the cross. corner from giggs just too high for vidic. that's what passes for opportunity for man u right now.
ReplyDeleteteddy shearingham name drop!
ReplyDeleteTeddy Ruxpin
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kc2HvjO8z4
another inconsequential corner for man u.
ReplyDeletemessi! goal!
ReplyDeletemessi snuck in unmarked behind the man u defense, potted a header. definitely not van der sar's fault.
ReplyDeleteMessi's should never score on header in the box. He's like Rob's size.
ReplyDeletetommy smyth said the same thing. minus the rob reference. he's been excoriating the man u defense.
ReplyDeleteMy viewing has been somewhat limited but, from what I can tell, Man U has been dominated thus far.
ReplyDeleteronaldo with a yellow for a frustration-related shoulder charge.
ReplyDeletedead on, mark. barca has owned this game.
ReplyDeletepaul scholes with a dirty, dirty tackle.
ReplyDeletebrilliant piece of work by barca nearly yields a third goal - undone by a sloppy final touch by a euro whose name escaped me.
ReplyDeletesorry, it was puyol. he's been terrific all over the field.
ReplyDeleteberbatov blows another man u opportunity on a corner. appeared to head it off his own shoulder and over the net. that's about right for man u tonight.
ReplyDeleteextra time and man u really don't look like they've got anything.
ReplyDeleteand ballgame. 2-0 barca. a thorough ass-kicking. vidic with a hard foul on messi in the closing seconds, just because he could.
ReplyDeleteI'm convinced rob will watch anything as long as 2 or more people are competing at something. Soccer, horse racing, tiddlywinks, anything.
ReplyDeleteYeah, soccer's on the same level as tiddlywinks, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteUm, who's the guy at the end of the platform that none of the Man U players will shake hands with?
ReplyDeletezoltan's wrong about tiddlywinks, but not about me.
ReplyDeleteMark's right about me...gayest, foreigner hating-est guy in town. That is in regards to those from other nations and not the band.
ReplyDeleteThe Birdman and Guile from Street Fighter are the same guy, right?
ReplyDeleteGeoffrey, Michael and I all took the over...make a fucking shot please.
ReplyDeleteCristobal Huet is absurd.
ReplyDeleteI hate the McDonald's "McCafe" campaign even more then the "Dollar Menuaire" billshit.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the Man U game on TiVo. A terrible effort all in all by them. Vidic appears to have been bribed to lose the game for them. He and his East Europe swarth got schooled on the first goal. He then inexplicably avoided blocking a direct kick on a set piece, allowing the shot to come in and hit the post. I bet his family received a score of goats in exchange for his futility.
ReplyDeleteAnd Ronaldo sure played like a guy who can't wait to get that Man U jersey off. The announcers were dead on about that. He probably wants to move to Madrid to have a new town of whores to cavort with.
FYI - Yanks winning, Sox losing, Jays lost. If that holds, the Yanks and Sox will be tied for first. Tex is now hitting over .275 and A-Rod over .260.
ReplyDeleteWhen you factor in the return of Posada this weekend and the return of Nady (allowing the faltering Swisher to get less ABs), this Yankee squad is starting to look a bit frisky, albeit with a former Mexican League pitcher as our most reliable reliever not named Mariano Rivera.
is magic wearing craig sager's tie from last night?
ReplyDeleteIf so, it has fake aids.
ReplyDeleteEastern European swarth kicks ass.
ReplyDeletetr, i think we're in for an interesting campaign. sox, yanks, and a lot of other squads are good with serious flaws. postseason crapshoot may start early this year.
ReplyDeleteand, um, where the fuck was billups throwing that pass?
ReplyDeleteMake Every Shot!
ReplyDeletenba basketball, it's ugly as fuck.
ReplyDeletemichael rapaport and zac efron rooting for the lakers. i'm now really torn. as is teejay.
ReplyDeletehey rob - earlier this evening my friends' second grader played the role of "big scary squirrel" in the highly underrated musical called "nuts."
ReplyDeleteI am a Rappaport fan. As for the kiddie idol, he can take a long walk off a short pier into the wood chipper from Fargo.
ReplyDeleteKQ, comment of the year.
ReplyDeletealternate nickname suggestion for birdman: learn to use the square, man.
ReplyDeletei can't disagree with teej - that's a quality comment from kq. and i love that play.
ReplyDeleteScore more points please.
ReplyDeleteum, which team?
ReplyDeletedenver is a perfect reflection of their coach: unstable as shit.
ReplyDeleteSo Derek Rose cheated on the SAT? Does it matter?
ReplyDeletei, for one, am shocked - shocked - that john calipari is involved in allegations of impropriety.
ReplyDeletehttp://johnclay.bloginky.com/2009/05/27/ncaamemphis-basketball-allegations-links/
someone slipped lamar odom the kind, kind bud this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThe Caps players on steroids...seriously????
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703450.html?hpid=moreheadlines
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